Smoothing Text Edges; To Apply An Anti-Aliased Edge To Selected Text; To Set The Space After Selected Paragraphs - MACROMEDIA FIREWORKS 8-USING FIREWORKS Use Manual

To set the space after selected paragraphs:

In the Property inspector, drag the Space After Paragraph pop-up slider or enter a value in
the text box.

Smoothing text edges

To smooth out a text edge, you "anti-alias "it. This makes the edges of the text blend into the
background so that the text is cleaner and more readable when it is large.
Original text; after smoothing
You use the Property inspector to set anti-aliasing. If the Property inspector is minimized,
click the expander arrow in the lower right corner to see all properties. Anti-aliasing applies to
all characters in a given text block.
No Anti-Alias
disables text smoothing.
Crisp Anti-Alias
creates a sharp transition between the edges of the text and the background.
Strong Anti-Alias
creates a very abrupt transition between the edges of the text and the
background, preserving the shapes of the text characters and enhancing detailed areas of
the characters.
Smooth Anti-Alias
creates a soft transition between the edges of the text and the background.
System Anti-Alias
uses the text smoothing method provided by Windows XP or Mac OS X.
Custom Anti-Alias
provides the following expert-level controls over anti-aliasing:
Oversampling determines the amount of detail used for creating the transition between
the text edges and the background.
Sharpness determines the smoothness of the transition between the text edges and
the background.
Strength determines how much the text edges blend into the background.

To apply an anti-aliased edge to selected text:

In the Property inspector, select one of options from the Anti-Aliasing pop-up menu:
When you open vector files, such as FreeHand files, in Fireworks, text is anti-aliased.
You can edit this attribute using the Property inspector.
"Opening graphics created in other applications" on page
For more information, see
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